The Idea of the Origin/Birth of Man in a Language Picture of the Selkup World

Bykonya V.V.

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Some events occurred during different stages of the development of Selkup ethnos are viewed in the article. The dichotomy up//down is on the basis of the global image of the world. Etymological analysis of the components of the coordinating compound words affords to reconstruct the initial meaning of the ethnicon. Analysis data showed that the dual structure of the ethnos finds its expression in the language on the deepest level - on the semantic level. Within every area dialect there are ‘the upper’ and ‘the lower’ Selkups.

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Issue: 4, 2007

Series of issue: Humanities (Philology)

Rubric: Indigenous Languages of Siberia

Pages: 88 — 97

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